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I think of Afterpay as the financial equivalent of marijuana. Young people absolutely love it, and old people are doing a lot of finger-waving about the dangers of getting hooked on the newest financial drug to hit the streets. This week the financial equivalent of a teacher, ASIC, busted into...

To celebrate Father’s Day yesterday, I want to close with something that’s becoming a bit of a tradition. It began in 2014 when we lost everything in a bushfire. Today, almost all our stuff has been replaced. Almost. You see, my wife’s father died a few years before I met...

When you’re tubby, you can’t hide it. Your muffin top is on display for the world to see. When it comes to wealth … you can hide a lot of financial lard in a leased Lamborghini. Yet if you flashed your financials to the world, how do you think you’d...

Let me tell you about a 59-year-old woman who makes billions of dollars a year. Her name is Barbie, and, after years of being in the (toy) doghouse, she’s suddenly cool again. Last week toy conglomerate Mattel reported a 12% rise in sales of the buxom blonde: “Mattel is trying...

Today I want to introduce you to Mia, who this week became a quiet hero to hundreds of thousands of Aussies around the country … without them even knowing it. Mia is a single mother of two kids. Recently she read my book, and got up to the part where...

This week was the cut-off for enrolling our oldest son into Primary school. It’s been a highly stressful time for my wife, who’s been agonising over our choices: public, private, Catholic. Not me. I’m a big fan of public schools, especially for primary school. And so, when I went along...

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